Halara Studios Milos

... we managed to get a shot of me jumping off ten+ meter cliffs into the ocean. Mirna conquered her fear of heights and jumped of a very large rock, without screaming. We then just lay around in the sun, and fell deeper in love with Milos. Besides the heavenly water, and sparkling beaches there is, how shall i put it, cheese. Yesterday we ate the best grilled and spicy goats cheese. And for a couple cursed with lactose intolerance we can proudly say it was worth it.

-Aaron

... sand and dirt across the island. The sand and dirt got into our eyes, throats, and noses and made it quite unpleasant. However, we rented a quad (no more weak Suzuki cars for us) to head to a protected cove away from the wind. We found a nice little beach bar and area set up on a cove and decided to spend the afternoon there. The sunning area was actually a flat landing of paved rocks and concrete that had been built out over the water and had a variety of lounge chairs and tables ...

... to return and spend another week here in July. On that visit we stayed at the Hotel Odysseus because our Hotel Anemousa was full. Hotel Odysseus was just as wonderful as Anemousa and we spent many great hours on our poolside patio overlooking the sea. During our second visit to Folegandros we pretty much repeated everything from our first visit. Folegandros is definitely our favorite spot so far in Greece.

As expected the car was waiting for us on the parking lot of Milos "airportico." Form Athens to Milos the flight took no more that 17 minutes. Orange juice and a salty unidentified biscuit were served efficiency. At the milos airport a guy in a Hula shirt made signs with the hands helping the pilot park on exactly the right spot. WE were the only plane in the field So he could have parked where ever he wanted ... but order must be kept And kept it was. The ...

If you take the ferry to Milos - do not take the fast modern one - It's more expensive Because of the time you save, some 3 hours less, but you will arrive to Milos sick and groggy - You are in vacation, so take your time - the regular ferry will take some 7-8 hours to reach the island but the travel is already a part of the vacation. Relax on the outside deck or have a great time reading calmly inside the very ...

... back to our parked ATV because this time round, we will be going uphill instead of downhill!!

Around Chora in the evening:

After returning the ATV, we strolled along the many paths in Chora to take in the peaceful atmosphere. Many villagers were sitting on stools in front of their homes to take in the cool evening breeze and were catching up with one another. It was ...

... other posh hotels around the island during our stay, with big swimming pools and many signs of commercialism, but it did not interest us a bit. Who would want to use a pool on an island full with beautiful beaches?? The beauty of Folegandros lies in its charming
unrushed lifestyle, one which still holds on very strongly to traditions.

Discovering the beaches of Folegandros:

Angali:

Folegandros, Cyclades, Greece xuanargi

... the other hand was chilled and refreshing against the hot sun and hot sand, but on the other hand once you are in the water and you dig your feet below the surface of the sand its hot. We also went up into the mountains to see the amphitheatre which was a good hike into the mountains - its quite amazing that millions of years ago this was a place that everyone would flock to for entertainment ...

... of white sand, others with multicolored stones, many you have to hike down a cliff face to get to. Our two favorites were Papafragas, which is a gorge cut into the rock and ocean pours in and leads into a small beach on the far end. We had never seen anything like it (see our pictures). The other was Sarankinko which looks like the surface of the moon or like icebergs...very cool. Basically there are white cliffs that drop off into ...

... All of us had our next activity picked out, THE BEACH! We all wanted to head out where the amazing beaches! Destination: 30 minute walk. A quick stop at the grocery store to pick up a picnic lunch and we headed out. 30 minutes turned more into an hour walk in the noon sunshine so we were ready to jump in the water! The beaches contained amazing white rocks which were against the water jumping out. There are ...